The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 102
At noon, the sun hangs coldly in the sky, the flag on the military city hangs down listlessly, and the soldiers on guard stretch their waists, and just want to hide behind the wooden stacks for a while, when suddenly there is a noise from below, the city gate "Squeak and creak" opened.

Shocked, the soldier straightened his back hastily, even the stick gun in his hand was gripped a little tighter than usual.

His face turned red and he looked down. A team was leaving the city. They were elite cavalry from Longyou. They arrived yesterday to relieve the danger of the army city. The young man in white who was leading the team was said to be a prince, and now he was in charge of Longyou's side.

But it's not the prince, regardless of Longyou, he doesn't care too much, what he cares about is that the money was distributed yesterday, yes, it was the little prince who sent it. Although the money doesn't look like much, it is silver. There are quite a lot of copper coins.

Watching the team go west, Jun Ding envied the people around the little prince, he was not afraid of death in Longyou Military City, as long as he could get more rewards, he would die happily even if he died.

Zhao Tun naturally didn't know the simple thoughts in the hearts of these soldiers, the team carried the banner of the Longyou Governor's Mansion, and walked westward slowly. Now he doesn't know the situation of the military city ahead, and he doesn't know how the Jiezhan City is, but Judging by the number of troops brought by Lianazha, it seems that they took down the military city and gave up after obtaining the necessary marching items.

The team marched westward for more than 50 miles, and on the way they collected a few remnants of the army city in front of them. These remnants had no horses, and they just walked all the way in a panic.

At this time, the team stopped moving forward, found a hidden location between two mountains, and began to rest on the spot and bury the pot for cooking.

Some time after the meal, scouts began to come to report the news one after another.

Until dusk approached, a scout finally stumbled off his horse and fell to the ground: "My lord, I found traces of the Uighur army!"

Zhao Tong said, "Where is it?"

The scout said: "The rear is more than [-] miles northwest of the military city, and the direction of travel should be the military city. When the subordinate finds out, report back immediately!"

Zhao Tong nodded, glanced at the surrounding people and ordered: "Take the southeast road back to Juncheng!"

The front of the military city is open, and you can see far away at a glance. There are some small hills in the north, and there are woods and grasslands in the south. It's just that at the end of autumn, when you look from the top of the city, you can see the setting sun at dusk, and there are chilling scenes everywhere.

Liyanazha led the Uyghur cavalry and stopped about twenty miles northwest of the military city. The terrain here is excellent, and there are hills to cover it. The hill has a wide view and can monitor the movement of the road.

As the sky gradually darkened, Lianazha looked at Dafanha who just came back and said, "Dafanha, you need to know what happens when you lie. Are you sure those Song soldiers really left the city yesterday?"

Dafanha rubbed his dizzy head: "Your Highness, I am dizzy from sleepiness. Those Song soldiers left at noon. If you don't believe me, you can ask Afan when he comes back."

Lianazha glanced at the sky and asked, "Is the oil ready?"

An old man with a curly beard behind said: "Princess, everything is ready, it is more than enough to burn the wooden gate of the military city."

Lianazha nodded: "There are only two or three hundred soldiers in this city of the Song Army. If it is too time-consuming to continue the siege, we must make a quick decision. If the Song soldiers who supported yesterday don't come back, then burn down the city gate and force them in." , grab the silver and leave."

Dafanha opened his sleepy eyes and said, "His Royal Highness, that's not what you said last night. You said that you not only wanted to rob the silver, but also slaughtered that sheep in white in Song Dynasty."

Lianaza glared at him: "Shut up, Dafanha, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb. If you say another word, Dia will cut off your tongue. She usually likes to treat those livestock like this!"

Dafanha immediately covered his mouth with his hand, and carefully looked at a girl in yellow clothes next to him. The girl was cute and looked him up and down. Dafanha hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Dafanha thinks that you should be a scout I'm going to get Afan back now."

Liyanazha glanced at him: "Let's go after it's completely dark, Afan will attack the city when he comes back, Dafanha, you don't want to take this opportunity to go to bed lazily, right?"

Dafanha laughed and said: "His Royal Highness, I am not such a covetous person. Dafanha is a ferocious snow leopard on the high mountain, and a loyal camel in the vast sea..."

As night fell, Zhao Tun led the team and slowly moved forward. The road to the south was not easy to walk, there were too many forests, and it was not as good as the small hills to the north.

About a few miles away from the military city, another forest belt appeared in front of it. It was a forest of poplar trees mixed with miscellaneous trees.

Zhao Tang looked at the surrounding environment and frowned: "Lu Da, take some people to investigate in the forest. If there is no problem, make some camouflage at the edge of the forest in the direction of the military city."

Lu Da ordered a man from Du, and cautiously entered the Populus euphratica forest.

Most of the Populus euphratica trees grow crookedly, the canopies are sparse and dense, and they have a kind of vigorous and rugged beauty. Many trees look very weird especially at night.

However, Lu Da knows this kind of tree. He has been in the Western Army for many years and knows little about these things. This Populus euphratica tree is the best place to keep watch. Even if you fall asleep, it will not fall off.

The Longyou army was also familiar with this tree, so they didn't need Lu Da's instructions at all. After entering the forest, they all looked up to see if there were scouts or spies hiding in it.

After searching carefully for a while, Lu Da suddenly gestured behind him, and said in a low voice, "Wait a minute, why does the Sa family feel that something is wrong?"

Jun Ding stopped and kept quiet. Lu Da looked down. Although the moonlight was bright tonight, the forest was always sparse. He rubbed his boots against the tree trunk beside him, and whispered for a moment, "Sajia thought it was wrong, and stepped on it. Come and take a look at this thing."

Horse dung and cow dung on the plateau are not considered dirty. They are a necessity for many herdsmen to keep warm and even count as wealth.

Several soldiers came over, bowed and gathered together, one of them turned on the torch, looked carefully after lighting it up and said: "General, it won't be more than five hours, there may be people in this forest."

Lu Da said: "Sajia knows it's not safe, so don't talk and search carefully, especially those thick trees with many branches, maybe there are Uighur spies!"

The soldiers nodded one after another, and began to grope in the direction of the military city from the forest. There was a slight snoring sound not far away.

(End of this chapter)